UFC 147 fight video highlights with Franklin-Silva, Werdum-Russow

UFC 147 is in the books, and FOX Sports has released video highlights from the event’s two major matchups.

They include Rich Franklin’s hard-fought, five-round unanimous-decision victory over Wanderlei Silva in the headliner.

Additionally, they include heavyweight Fabricio Werdum’s quick TKO of Mike Russow in the event’s other featured attraction.

UFC 147 took place Saturday at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.

Officials had hoped UFC 147 would feature a headliner between Silva and Victor Belfort, who served as coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.” However, when Belfort injured his hand this past month, they called upon a man who’s bailed them out many times before: former middleweight champion Franklin.

In Saturday’s 190-pound catchweight affair, Franklin survived a second-round knockdown and subsequent onslaught to pick up an eventual unanimous-decision victory. “Ace,” who had been toiling in the light-heavyweight division, said he plans to return to middleweight for one final shot at the belt.

Werdum, meanwhile, solidified his heavyweight-contender’s status and delivered Russow his first UFC loss (and first defeat since 2007) with an efficient first-round TKO set up by his striking rather than his grappling. The Brazilian is now 5-1 in his six fights, and the lone defeat came to then-Strikeforce champ and fellow current UFC contender Alistair Overeem.

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